Life’s Tough – but Tim Draper says, “It gets easier with Bitcoin.”

Dustin Plantholt’s “Life’s Tough—You Can Be Tougher” podcast
& YouTube Video this week features Tim Draper, legendary
Silicon Valley venture capitalist and founder of Draper Associates,
DFJ, and the Draper Venture Network—a global network of venture
capital funds. Often regarded as one of the most successful venture
capitalists in the world, Tim is a major proponent of Bitcoin and
decentralization.

Tim Draper, forward-thinking and renowned venture capitalist, is
a graduate of both Stanford University (BS in Electrical
Engineering) and Harvard University (MBA) and holds two honorary
doctorates from The International University and Trinity College of
Dublin. In 1985, Tim founded Draper Associates—a seed stage venture
capital firm that helps revolutionary entrepreneurs impact the
world by propelling their businesses to greatness and directing
their visions through funding, education, media and government
reform. Some of his most prominent investments include Skype,
Twitter, Baidu, Hotmail, Tesla, SpaceX, DocuSign, Coinbase,
Robinhood, Ancestry.com, Twitch.tv, AngelList, SolarCity, Ring,
Cruise Automation, YeePay and Focus Media.

A leading spokesperson for Bitcoin, Blockchain, ICOs, and
cryptocurrencies—and one of the earliest investors in the
internet—Tim expects that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies will
be the primary means of payment in five years. Tim won the US
Marshall’s auction in 2014 (where he bid on 30,000 Bitcoins) and
has invested in over 50 crypto companies as well as leads
investments in Coinbase, Ledger, Tezos, and Bancor, among others.
In 1996, he invented “viral marketing”—a marketing method for
exponentially spreading an electronic service from customer to
customer. This was instrumental to the successes of Hotmail, Skype,
and other online applications.

In his notable mission to promote entrepreneurship, Tim created
Draper University of Heroes, a residential and online school based
in San Mateo, California, to help extraordinary people accomplish
their life missions. School alumni have gone on to build 350
companies including crypto leaders, QTUM, Spacecash, DataWallet,
and Credo. He also started Innovate Your State, a non-profit
dedicated to crowdsource innovation in government; and BizWorld, a
non-profit that teaches young children to navigate the world of
business and entrepreneurship.

Regularly featured on major networks, in publications, and in
social media as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative
governance, free markets, and Bitcoin, Tim has received numerous
awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum’s
“Entrepreneur of the World.” He has also been highly ranked on
several notable lists including one of the top 100 most powerful
people in finance by Worth Magazine; the top 20 most influential
people in Crypto by Crypto Weekly; #1 most networked venture
capitalist by AlwaysOn; #7 on the Forbes Midas List; and #48 most
influential Harvard Alum.

Join Dustin and Tim for a colorful dialogue on entrepreneurship,
Bitcoin, risk-taking and learn from one of the greatest venture
capitalists of our time.

About the Podcast

Life’s Tough…you can be tougher, with Host Dustin Plantholt is a podcast about personal stories of strength and perseverance. Along with Dustin, guests and listeners will share their real and vulnerable life stories of overcoming unique challenges and struggles to inspire and motivate each other towards personal fortitude, healing, growth and empowerment. The Life’s Tough Podcast is inspired by the life story and journey of Host Dustin PlantHolt. The Podcast is geared toward men and women ages 18 and older.